# Completed limited-review scope: What Is ADA tools

Assembled October 19, 2026 by Grow Wild / What Is ADA from retained October 19 records. This is a retrospective evidence summary, not a new evaluation, client audit, conformance statement or scope agreed in advance.

## Completed work

Purpose: check selected tool behavior and an error-recovery journey on tools we maintain.
Property: https://whatisada.com
Views: /tools/heading-validator and /tools/color-contrast-checker. These do not form a representative sample of the whole site.
Task: locate a malformed heading sample, submit, inspect/read the result, return to input, correct and revalidate. NVDA reached the download link; activation was not tested.
Other checks: nine synthetic heading inputs and six opaque sRGB color pairs.
Technical target: selected behavior only. Every WCAG 2.2 A/AA criterion was not evaluated. No conformance level is established.

## Evidence and environments

### Nine synthetic heading inputs

Record: https://whatisada.com/downloads/heading-validator-examples.json
Explanation: https://whatisada.com/tools/heading-validator
Tested revision: Not recorded in this fixture file
Environment: See tool explanation; fixture file itself does not record an environment.
SHA-256: 759c53ebef58f5472b1f155c35a692228e24dc0000dd2e67dde49ce20975b495
Limits: Input/output fixtures; not a WCAG verdict.

### Six opaque sRGB pairs

Record: https://whatisada.com/downloads/wcag-contrast-tested-examples.json
Explanation: https://whatisada.com/tools/wcag-quick-reference#tested-examples
Tested revision: ef105fabdf0d83f78cfad95221d5bf57b286bdb3
Environment: Codex in-app browser on macOS. Browser engine/version matrix and assistive-technology behavior were not tested.
SHA-256: 66ad76acbfc54764c89972acf56e494029da5e8959d25b751a7da1918e4f87b3
Limits: Independent calculation compared with browser results; not an actual-page contrast audit.

### Keyboard error-recovery journey

Record: https://whatisada.com/downloads/keyboard-heading-test-record.json
Explanation: https://whatisada.com/workflows/keyboard-only-full-flow#worked-example
Tested revision: dfa5ba794af43f9834a0ad802412afe4df145191
Environment: Codex in-app browser on macOS 27.0 build 26A428; viewport 1280x720; browser engine/version not exposed and not recorded; no assistive technology
SHA-256: 76152b0f264179012cf92b30befe2d62579ff877b441304edf5cdb4f95c9099b
Limits: Browser keyboard and focus observations; no screen reader; browser engine version not exposed.

### Actual NVDA error-recovery journey

Record: https://whatisada.com/downloads/nvda-heading-test-record.json
Explanation: https://whatisada.com/workflows/nvda-first-pass#worked-example
Tested revision: 01beb11e33e9b01733417acaa231ff73984a64ec
Environment: {"os": "Windows Server 2022 Datacenter", "release": "10.0.20348", "browser": "156.0.8078.4", "screenReader": "NVDA", "assetVersion": "0.2.1-2026.2", "viewport": {"width": 1280, "height": 900}, "nvdaExecutable": {"Name": "nvda.exe", "ProductVersion": "2026.2", "FileVersion": "2026.2.0.57664", "SHA256": "D239FD2BE81FC7D97F62616A6ACDFB08010B92DE6DF65CA314E19F2D8C03C8B0"}}
SHA-256: a863e811f6e773c8b9253efc464e1d616c717b4f5c2c2829f9858d9622a139ea
Limits: Automated operation of real NVDA; speech messages, not audio or participant research. Download activation not tested.

## Supported conclusions

The contrast pair #707972 on white had an unrounded ratio approximately 4.499795; its displayed 4.50 did not make the normal-text AA badge pass. This was a synthetic tool check, not a page assessment.

NVDA announced the result heading in the captured automatic output. Explicit reading exposed counts and error instructions. After reading the details, three Shift+Tab presses reached the input. Keyboard-only and NVDA sessions used different environments and revisions; they are separate records.

## Exclusions and next evaluation work

VoiceOver/Safari speech, mobile assistive technology, participant usability, authenticated journeys, third-party transactions and complete WCAG conformance remain outside these records. Inventory the wider product, agree on target and environments, select representative views and complete processes, and evaluate the missing criteria and states before making a wider claim.

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# Blank brief for your own accessibility evaluation

Status: draft; fields below are not completed findings.

- Product, domains, apps and languages:
- Owner and evaluation purpose:
- Release/build and evaluation dates:
- WCAG version and level (planned target, not a result):
- Separate legal or contractual requirements to confirm:
- Inventory of templates, content, documents and components:
- Representative views and why they were selected:
- Complete processes and dynamic/error states:
- Third-party dependencies and authenticated areas:
- Methods, tools, browsers, operating systems and assistive technologies:
- User research tasks and participant arrangements, if included:
- Exclusions, reasons and impact on conclusions:
- Deliverables and source-evidence locations:
- Issue owner, reproduction steps and proposed repair:
- Retest scope, environment, rounds, timing and acceptance evidence:
- Unresolved questions, owner and next action:

Keep planned, tested, blocked and not tested distinct. Missing evidence is not a pass. Record changes to scope and retain the original test records.

Guide: https://whatisada.com/guides/accessibility-audit-scope
Scope builder: https://whatisada.com/tools/audit-scope-builder
Methodology: https://www.w3.org/TR/2026/NOTE-wcag-em-2-20260723/